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General chem. orbitals

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Which of the following are predicted by the molecular orbital model to be stable diatomic species?
(a) H2+
bond order =  



H2
bond order =  



H2-
bond order =  



H22-
bond order =  



(b) He22+
bond order =  



He2+
bond order =  



He2
bond order =  



(c) Be2
bond order =  



B2
bond order =  



Li2
bond order =  


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Electronic configutations of these molecules are as follows:
H2 = σ1s2
H2+ = σ1s1
H2- = σ1s2, σ*1s1
H22- = σ1s2, σ*1s2
 
He2 = σ1s2, σ*1s2
He2+ = σ1s2, σ*1s1
He2+2 = σ1s2
 
Li2 = σ1s2, σ*1s2, σ2s2
 
Be2 = σ1s2, σ*1s2, σ2s2, σ*2s2
 
B2 = σ1s2, σ*1s2, σ2s2, σ*2s2, σ2p
(where * represents the antibonding orbital)
 
Bond order = (bonding electrons - antibonding electrons)/2
 
and stability depends on the bond order i.e. i f bond order is zero , then stability will be zero. So
 
(a) H2+
bond order =  


H2
bond order =  


H2-
bond order =  


H22-
bond order =  


(b) He22+
bond order =  


He2+
bond order =  


He2
bond order =  


(c) Be2
bond order = 0 


B2
bond order =  



Li2
bond order =  


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a)when no of electrons are upto 10.[+1/2,1,-1/2,0] is recurred.
  for example:no of electrons is 5 then 1st electron-->+1/2
                                                                2nd electron -->1
                                                                3rd electron-->-1/2
                                                                4th electron--->0
                                                                 5th electron --->+1/2
                                    Thus bond order for 5 elctron containing molecule is +1/2.
 
case2: from 11 onwards ,remember that 14 refers to 3(bond order)
             Decrease 0.5 from every deviation from 14 for every digit.
for example :no of electrons is 12 then  14 refers to 3
                                                                   13 refers to 3-0.5=2.5
                                                                     12 refers to 3-0.5-0.5=2
thus the molecule with no of electrons =12 then Bondorder is 2
for example :no of electrons is 17 then  14 refers to 3
                                                                   15 refers to 2.5
                                                                    16 refers to 2
                                                                     17 refers to 1.5
thus the molecule with no of electrons is 17 has a bond order of 1.5 
 
1)H2 +   -->2+1=-1/2bond order(unstable)
   H2  -->2elecctrons=1bond order(stable)
    H2-     --->1 electron =+1/2bond order(unstable)
     H22-  ---->0 electron =0 bond order  -stable
2)He22+  ---->4+2 electrons=1bond order(stable)
  He2+ --->   4+1 electron = 0 bondorder(stable)
  He2   ---->  4electron =0 bondorder(stable)
 
 3)Be---->  8electron =0 bondorder(stable)
   B2 ---------> 10 electron = 1 bondorder (atable)
    Li2  ---------> 6electrons = 1bondorder(stable)
 
 
   
      
 
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